<p>im taking Calculus I at my CC... and the fla articulation thingy says its the equivalent of AP Calculus AB (so it's waited like an AP course on my transcript... 1.5x).... we're using the oh-so-common larson book, and im wondering like what chapters are covered for the AB exam... and if i should take it... i mean, i get the college credit anyways if it transfers, but if i "tack on" calc ab (y'... haha im a dork), itd bring my ap exams to like 5 this may... and if i rock... i can become an ap scholar... i mean, im pretty comfortable with calculus (i have an A... which is oh-so rare for a junior, btw '07!!)we're at the end of chapter 3 and are starting integrals tomorrow... fla pays for the ap exams... so its pretty kosher... any ideas? tons of questions in this run on sentence, but oh well... c/b</p>
<p>I'm in AP Calc AB and we don't use a book. Our teacher is well versed in the subject and has been teaching it for years that he doesn't need to use one. He knows what order we need to do things and what is on the exam. We have just started our review where he is going through EVERYTHING that we need to know for the exam. </p>
<p>Everything from regular Calculus you need to know, various kinds of uses for Integrals - slicing, radius arms, etc. , Area under a line using midpoint, left, right, inscribed, simpson, etc.</p>
<p>Those are just a few things that I can think of right now that he said for sure are on the test. I would suggest going to a bookstore and getting an AP Calc AB book to use as reference for what is on the test.</p>
<p>Limits, continuity, differentiation rules, the Chain Rule, related rates, implicit differentiation, maxima/minima, curve sketching using differential calculus, Newton-Raphson method, optimization, integration rules (Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, substitution), volumes of shells and washers, area under a curve, transcendental (exponential, logarithmic, inverse normal and inverse trigonometric, hyperbolic) functions-derivatives and integrals, indeterminate forms and L'H</p>
<p>how do you do a midpoint approximation of the area under a curve?</p>
<p>say you have like from [0,4] and n=3 subintervals you would use n=1,2,3.
So like it would be listed as 0,1,2,3,4 and you would pick the avg of 0 and 2 and then 1 and 3 and then 2 and 4.</p>
<p>did you just debo my thread? oh snap!</p>
<p>You don't need Simpson for the AP test.</p>
<p>Simpson is BC...</p>
<p>and larson book? all i know is stuwart, which is the #1 book, and skowoski, which is almost as good, but never uses calculator intensive stuff like graphing</p>
<p>just take BC. Taking both exams is not worth it. Just suck it up, learn the extra material, do every problem in barrons and you are set. For FRQ do every problem from past exams and study the answer keys. Study the test, its pretty easy if you do that.</p>
<p>Can you go to Calc 1 at a community college from Algebra 2 Trig in high school? Would it matter if you did really good in Algebra 2 trig or not? </p>
<p>Also if you do that then can you go from the math class you are in now to Calc BC in the middle of the year? Thanks for answering.</p>
<p>algebra 2 = precalc in most CC i know, but trig is pretty important for calc 1 so make sure u know it... practice some hw from a precalc or algebra 2 book should be fine tho</p>
<p>for the FRQs, where could i learn the various grading techniques, such as showing the right kind of work and simplied terms etc. I believe that multiple choice will be alright but i have no idea on how to attack the other half if i want a 5</p>
<p>I'm in the exact same dilemma! I'll be about 2/3 of the way through the Calc 2 class at the local college when I take the AP test but I don't know if we'll cover all of the stuff on the syllabus. One thing I might suggest is printing off the syllabus for AP Calc AB from the AP site and going over it with your Calc teacher to see if there's any gaps that you need to study. I think I might do that before I spend the 90 bucks for the test. Mine transfers too, and I'm about 90% sure that I'm staying instate so really it's not that big a deal for me to get the credit. I have a 102% in the class though, so I feel pretty confident I could pass it.</p>
<p>PS. GO '07! ALMOST SENIORS :)</p>